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Guardiola unhappy with Man City comeback victories: No aggression, passive

Pep Guardiola was unhappy that Manchester City needed another comeback victory against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

The Sky Blues fought back from 1-0 down thanks to goals from John Stones and Erling Haaland.

"We are used to doing it [comebacks] lately. I don't like it," Guardiola told BT Sport.

"We played in the wrong gear today. No aggression. We were passive. The moment we changed rhythm with Phil [Foden], Bernardo [Silva] and Julian [Alvarez], we changed our pace and scored two excellent goals.

"I'm pretty sure the way were playing in the first half John [Stones] wouldn't have had the courage to try it [his shot but we had the rhythm and momentum and we said OK it's going to happen. It was exceptional. I'm so happy for him."

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